Re: Edit qes and keeping chk commands
Dear Susan,
The tip here is never to change the variables names! You may add new variables, change the labels, change the variables places in the questionnaire. When U open the rec file, epidata will ask U to update the rec file and everything will be there. Bur if you change the variable name in the qes file, EpiData will undestand that U erased the variable and created a new one, and your data will be lost "for ever". :( The chk files follows the same principle. The name of the varible is what matters. If you want to change a varible name in a dataset wiht lots of observations then you should look in the tools menu. There is an option to change variables names.
Best regards, Pedro Emmanuel Brasil
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When I go back and edit an ques file add questions, etc. I want to retain the checks from the previous ques file, but incorporate new edits to ques file. How do I make data file w/o overwriting previous checks and/or creating new data file?
Susan
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